Alan Gibson shoved his last 139,000 from under the gun and Gianluca Speranza called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and action was heads-up with Gibson at risk.
Alan Gibson:
Gianluca Speranza:
The board ran out and Gibson spiked the river to secure a crucial double through Speranza.
After he was moved tables, Fred Li lost a big portion of his stack and was then all-in soon after via three-bet shove out of the blinds for the last 108,000. He was called by the initial raiser Christopher Chatman and they were off to the races.
Fred Li:
Christopher Chatman:
The flop improved Chatman and he remained ahead throughout the turn as well as the river.
Gaetan Balleur limp-called all-in for the rest of his severe short stack with the and was up against the of table neighbour Jonathan Woof. The kicker played on the board to send the Frenchman out in 38th place.
Moments later, Michael Asti followed suit as he also found no help with a dominated ace. Fred Li emerged victorious with against his thanks to a board of board and that brought the field down to the final four tables.
Picking up the action on the flop, Abbas Alikhani checked in the big blind and Alan Gibson bet 24,000 in the hijack. Raul Garza called on the button and so did Alikhani. On the turn, Alikhani checked and Gibson bet another 44,000, which this time was only called by Garza.
Gibson reluctantly check-called a bet worth 50,000 on the river and then mucked when Garza revealed the for trips jacks.
Antoine Vranken was on the button in a heads-up pot against Gaetan Balleur in the big blind.
Balleur checked on the flop of and called a bet of 16,000 from Vranken. The turn brought the and Balleur led out for 35,000. Vranken called.
The river was the and Balleur bet 58,000 for most of his stack. Vranken snap-called. Balleur showed a bluff with and Vranken tabled for eights full of kings to leave his opponent with crumbs.
Balleur had just 1,000 behind after posting the small blind and managed to spin it up when he got it in with pocket queens and held against ace-jack of an opponent.
Christopher Bissinger limped in and Ryan Messick raised to 24,000 out of the hijack. Robert Cowen called in the small blind and Bissinger then limp-raised to force folds.
"If you have two six there, I am impressed," Messick joked, referring to the hand in the big pot prior to the dinner break.
One hand later, Bissinger limped from under the gun again and Messick made it 24,000 once more. Dan Smith called, as did Christopher Chatman out of the big blind. Bissinger then limp-raised to 125,000 and Messick contemplated his option before he pushed for nearly half a million in chips.
Smith tank-folded, while Chatman quickly got out of the way.
Ryan Messick:
Christopher Bissinger:
This time, Bissinger had a premium hand but failed to hold up on the board. Messick doubled for 488,000 and soared about a million in chips.
Patrick Garrett was all in and at risk against Ivan Deyra, who had him covered.
Patrick Garrett:
Ivan Deyra:
Garrett's sevens were still ahead after the flop of , though the gave Deyra outs to a Wheel. Sure enough, the arrived on the river to mark Garrett's elimination.
"Oh, shit! Nice hand," Garrett said as he saw the river card.
Around the same time, Michael Iannace was eliminated from the tournament.